Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


We Don’t Want Your Record

I don’t care that you made it. I don’t care that your mother and girlfriend like it. I don’t care that you funded it through Kickstarter. Why does everybody think just because you did it I should be interested? Parents are interested in their kids’ Little League games, but I don’t want to go. I […]

1D Day

They’ve only had one hit. But they’re selling out stadiums. Yes, One Direction is a boy band, but it’s a different era. Wherein most people have no idea who the band is and they’re making more money than all of their progenitors. How did this happen? The Internet. It’s not supposed to be this way. […]

What We’ve Learned

1. Nobody wants old people’s albums. Despite a plethora of press, Elton and McCartney’s and Elvis Costello’s album with the Roots sank like a stone and haven’t been heard from since. It’s almost like they never came out. Proving that publicity can make people aware, but it doesn’t necessarily make them interested. In other words, […]

Gaga Hating

It’s a sport unto itself! Why am I writing about Stefani Germanotta? Because you’re interested. In a world with very little commonality, we gravitate to that which others are talking about, rallying around. And the issue of whether Lady Gaga’s album is a stiff is something we can all weigh in on. Whereas whether your […]